presentiment

  • 61anticipation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Expectation] Syn. expectancy, expectation, looking forward, outlook, trust, confident expectation, eager expectation, contemplation, promise, prospect, awaiting, joy, impatience, preoccupation, hope, high hopes. Ant. fear*,… …

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  • 62Intuition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Sophistry >The absence of reasoning. >. False or vicious reasoning PARAG:Intuition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,476,} intuition instinct association Sgm: N 1 presentiment presentiment Sgm: N 1 rule of thumb rule… …

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  • 63presage — I. v. a. 1. Forebode, divine, foreknow, have a presentiment of. 2. Foretell, predict, prophesy, soothsay, bode, portend, foreshow, indicate, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate, augur. See vaticinate. II. n. 1. Omen, sign, prognostic, augury,… …

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  • 64forebode — fore•bode [[t]fɔrˈboʊd, foʊr [/t]] v. bod•ed, bod•ing 1) to foretell or predict; be an omen of; portend: clouds foreboding a storm[/ex] 2) to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, etc.); have a presentiment of 3) to …

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  • 65forebode — [c]/fɔˈboʊd / (say faw bohd) verb (foreboded, foreboding) –verb (t) 1. to foretell or predict; portend; be an omen of; indicate beforehand: clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a presentiment of (especially evil). –verb (i) 3. to prophesy. 4 …

  • 66anticipation — [n1] expectation apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust;… …

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  • 67boding — noun a feeling of evil to come a steadily escalating sense of foreboding the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case • Syn: ↑foreboding, ↑premonition, ↑presentiment • Derivationally related forms: ↑forebode …

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  • 68presage — n. & v. n. 1 an omen or portent. 2 a presentiment or foreboding. v.tr. 1 portend, foreshadow. 2 give warning of (an event etc.) by natural means. 3 (of a person) predict or have a presentiment of. Derivatives: presageful adj. presager n.… …

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  • 69forefeel — I.  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: fore + feel : to have a presentiment of : anticipate forefeeling their doom II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a presentiment or anticipatory sensation …

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  • 70pre|sen|ti|ment — «prih ZEHN tuh muhnt», noun. a feeling or impression that something, especially something evil, is about to happen; vague sense of approaching misfortune; foreboding: »a presentiment of death. ╂[< Middle French presentiment < pre before +… …

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